Monday, September 15, 2008

Exoplanet circles 'normal star'

September 15, 2008 - BBC News
A planet has been pictured outside our Solar System which appears to be circling a star like our own Sun - a first in astronomy.
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hree astronomers from the University of Toronto used the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii to take images of the young star 1RXS J160929.1-210524 and the planetary candidate.
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